The power of looks
Subtitle: social stratification of physical appearance
By: Bonnie Berry.
Publisher: Ashgate; Routledge
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Aldershot; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 143
ISBN-13: 9780754647584
Subjects: Physical-appearance-based bias; Social stratification; Aesthetics
Description: An insight into the social stratification of people based on looks - the artificial placement of people into greater and lesser power strata based on physical appearance. The author analyses different aspects of physical appearance such as faces, breasts, eye shapes, height and weight as they are related to social power and inequality.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [131]-140) and index.